Railway accessory



H. E. BILLMANV RAILWAY ACCESSORY. APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1921.

1,389.61'7. PatentedSept. 6,1921.

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H. E. BILLMAN.

RAILWAY ACCESSORY. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1921.

PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

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To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that'I, HENRY E. BILLMAN, 1

a citizen of the United States,,and a resident of city of St. Louis, State of'-Missouri,.

cess'ory, and with regard to certain more Specific features, to a splice or reinforcing construction for use in connection with a elements and combinations ofelements, feamembers associatedtherewith;

Fig. 5 is a similar. View ofthe splice mem-' 27 (Fig. 2)

responding parts throughout the several.

, trated, a {bump ng bumping post.

Among the several objects'of the inven-, tion may-be noted the provision of a simpleinexpensive construction adapted for use with existing typesof bumping posts,

and

new or are already whether such posts. are

of .arugged and reinst'alled the provision liable device for repairing such posts; and the provision ofspliee or reinforcing members readily applied to --new or old posts, and not liable to derangement through severe service conditions. Other obje'ctsfwill be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. I

' The invention accordinglycomprises the tures of construction and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in-the st'rucdescribed and thescope of the applicati onof which will be indicated in tures hereinafter.

the following claims; r

are shown one or more, of various embodiments of the invention,

Figurel isaperspective; Fig. 2'is a sectional elevation on the line Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line Fig. {l is a plan of onerail and the splice possible bers per sepand p :Fig. 6 is a side elevation of Fig. 4.

Similar reference characters indicate corviews of the drawings. 1 H I Referring'now more particularly to Flg. 1 of the accompanyingdrawings, there is'illusthe following. is a.

members 9,- 10

broken rails in recessed to fit the base post. comprising an, an

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serial No. 437,674.

chored-support 1 for-the bumping block2; and for the'inclined ends of the. two IfillSB, 4. The horizontalportions 5, 6 of these rails are at the proper gage for the operation of cars thereon. Atabout the splice or; reinforcing members 9, 10 the rails are bent inwardly and upwardly, to the i v middle of the extent required by the particular design of post. Each of the four members 9, 10 is anchored to a buried tie or dead a aa v by means of bolts, of which the bolts for the.

for the near rail are; illustrated at 13; inFig. 1.

As isshownmore in detail'in Figs. 2 to 6,'the members 9, 10 are fitted to either side of [a rail, ,the'rail having been drilled at eight places (four on the horizontal part 5,. 6 of the rail and four on 7, 8) to receive bolts-17 extending through; registering apertures in'the rail and in the two membersIto-secure them firmly together.

As indicated in Figs. v v outer members 9, that is, the member on the near side of the near rail 4 and the oneon the-far side of-"the far rail. 3,..are' identical,

and the other or inner members" 10 are also identical; A complete equipment thus consists of two outer members 9 and two inner members10,"with the requisite bolts, in this instance sixteen bolts 17- for securing the members to the rails,.and four b olts,13 for i securing such membersto the dead man 11. ,In the accompanyingdrawings, inwhich In applying the splice members to therailsv in Fig. 1, the right ends (Fig. 5) of the members appliedto the-near rail 4 (Fig.1) would be horizontal, andithe left ends (Fig.

the inclined part-i 1, 4, 5 and e, the

5) of the members ppl to he-emu 3:

(Fi 1) would be horizontal. p The members 9, 10;, each include yertica portions 19 fittingagainst' theweb 21 of the rail, andlower portions-23 longitudinally 25 ofthe rail. At- I each point where a bolt 17islocated, a boss is formed on the vertical portion. 19 to give adequatecsurface ofcontact be tween the toggive' a plain shearing stress, upon the bolt. The remainder of each, side portion 19 is of substan'ti ally channel-shapa jasi indicatedin Figsg3 and 5.

. The-{members may be usedin several ways;

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splice member and the rail and i a First, in new or existing installations where the rails 3, i are each bent as in Fig. 1, the

'memhers are applied to such rails and secured to the dead man. Second, in existing installations where a rail is broken at the bend, the present invention makes ,unnecessary the provision-of a-new bent rail to replace it, as the only procedure needed is to saw oli the horizontal and inclined partsof the rail, leaving a gap between them as indieach rail is of the proper length to'terminate at about thepoint 31 in Figs. l an'dG, whereupon the members 9, lOmay be 'ap'plied'to the two'parts of each rail and secured to" the dead man.

The invention is thus useful in a variety of ways, in connection with'both new andexisting bumping posts. I

' From the above, it will "be seen that the several objects of the invention are realized,

' l and other advantageous results attained.

As various possible embodiments might be made of-th'eabove'invention and as va rious changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinset forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a bumping device comprising ananchored support; clined rail lengths associated therewith and means for strengthening, said lengths, said means comprising a member side of both lengths, means for bers.

' 2. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a bumping device comprising an anchored support; horizontal and inclined rail lengths. associated therewith; and means for strengthening said rails, said means comprising, for each rail, a pair of members fitting the web'and around and be neath the base of both lengths, and adapted to be secured together'and to the rail lengths:

3. In apparatus of the class described, in comblnatlon, a bumplng device comprising an anchored support; a bumping thereon, track rails bent upwardly and inv wardly and secured to said support; and

means for reinforcing said rails, said means comprising, for each rail, an OlltGI'IGlIlfOI'C- ingmember having a vertical portionfitting .members' to a dead cated in Figs. i and 6,v whereupon the memv bers 9, 10 may be ap lied-to the lie dead man Third,

horizontal and 111- fitting the outer side of both lengths, a member similarly fit-' members together and toboth block the outer side of the web of the horizontal and inclined portions of the rail and a lower portion fitting. around and beneath the outer side of the base of the clined portions of the rail, an inner reinforcing member similarly'fitting the inner side of web and base of the rail, means for securing said'inembers together and to both portions ofxthe rail, and means for securing said man.

combination, a bumping device comprising tn-anchored support; a bumping block thereon; rails inclined upwardly and inwardly and secured to saidsu pport; and means for securing-said rails to the track rails, said -meansfcomprising, rail, an outer splice member ticalportion fitting the; outer side of the web of trackrail and inclined rail and a lower portion fitting around and beneath the base fitting the inner side of the web of track r'a-il 'and inclined rail and a lower portion fitting around and beneath the base oi track rail and inclined rail, means for securing said members together and to the track rail and inclinedrail, and means for sec'ur ing saidime'mbers toadead man.

5. IIn-a pparatus ofthe class described, in combination, a pair of'members adapted to fit upon the outer side of the web of horizontal andinclined track rail'le'ngths and around and beneath the'base thereof, and

adapted to be secured together and to said. lengths and tobe anchored,

6; In' apparatus of the class described, in combination, apair of splicing or reinforcing members adapted to fit upon either side of the web of a track rail length and around and f-beneath the base thereofl and having portions extending at an angle to such rail, upwardly and inwardly, to fit upon either side of'a rail length inclined to the first length and around anlgbeneath the base of said rail length, means-for securing said members together and .to said rail lengths and to a dead said members being adapted for use interchangeably on either ofthe two track: rails. s Q i 7 In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a pair of reinforcing, members adapted to fit upon either side of the web of the horizontal portion of a track rail and around and beneath the base. thereof, and

having portions extending at an angle to. such rail, upwardly and inwardly, to fit upon either side of the inclined portion of said railand around and beneath thebase therehorizontal and in 41.. In apparatus of the class described, in

for'each track having a ver combination, a pairof splicing members I adapted to'fit upon either side of the webof a track rail and around and beneath the base members being adapted for use interchangethereof and having portions extending at an vahly on either of the two track rails.

an le to such rail, upwardly and inwardly, n testimony whereof, I have signed my 10 to t upon either side of an inclined rail and name to this specification h 14 h day Of around and beneath the base thereof, and January, 1921.

means for securing said members together o and to said rails and to a dead man, said I HENRY E. BILLMAN. 

